The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute's Infection and Immunity Research Network will be hosting its annual Early Career Researchers' (ECRs) symposium on 10 January 2025.
This event is now sold out - to be added to the waiting list please email Catherine Brown
Programme
| Time | Speaker | Position/School | Title |
| 10.00-10.05 | Introduction: Ed Moran (Infection and Immunity Network Clinical co-Lead, North Bristol NHS Trust) | ||
| Chair: Mike Nsubuga (PhD student, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol) | |||
| 10.05-10.20 | Suci Cendanawati | PhD student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | The Role of and G-protein γ subunit 2 in the Pathogenicity of CD4+ T cell in Uveitis |
| 10.20-10.35 | Marko Hanzevacki | Research Associate, School of Chemistry, UoB | Reaction mechanism of choline degradation by choline trimethylamine-lyase (CutC): Insights from computational modelling |
| 10.35-10.50 | Liya Mathew | Research Associate, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Phagocyte responses to gut-derived C. albicans are modified in inflammatory bowel disease |
| 10.50-11.05 | Terrence Trinca | Research Associate, School of Biochemistry, UoB | Using Drosophila to study immune cell recruitment to irradiated tissues |
| 11.05-11.30 | KEYNOTE: Kirsten Scott, Clinical Research Fellow, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge and Medical Director of Neurosciences at AstraZeneca | Inflammation in neurodegenerative disease: a treatment target or interesting epiphenomenon?” | |
| 11.30-13.30 | Poster Session and Buffet Lunch | ||
| Chair: Phoebe Kibble (PhD student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB) | |||
| 13.30-13.45 | Elliot Macdonald | PhD student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Exploring host ligand binding capabilities of Opacity proteins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| 13.45-14.00 | Lily Watson | Core Medical Trainee Doctor, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Pamidronate-induced clinical remission in chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis is associated with reduced gamma-delta (γδ) TCR expression |
| 14.00-14.15 | Oliver Pearse | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine & Bristol Royal Hospital for Children | Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Klebsiella pneumoniae on a Malawian neonatal unit is amplified by neonates and transmitted by maternal hands, cots and the ward environment |
| 14.15-14.30 | Erly Raras Savitri | PhD student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Mesenchymal stem cells as immunomodulatory and regenerative agent for SARS-CoV-2 infection |
| 14.30-14.55 | KEYNOTE: Thomas Clarke, Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London | The regulation of host defences to infection by the microbiota | |
| 14.55-15.00 | Summary and Closing Remarks: Iart Luca Shytaj (Infection and Immunity Research Network Discovery Science co-Lead) | ||
Poster Programme
| Name | Position, School, Institution | Poster Title |
| Oluwakemi Abiodun | Senior Research Associate, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Modelling the role of treatment resistance on achieving hepatitis C virus elimination in Pakistan. |
| Robert Alexander | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Schools of Cellular Molecular Medicine and Chemistry, UoB | Survival of the thickest – does AMR phenotype promote aerostability in Staphylococcus aureus? |
| Serena Bettoni | Marie Curie Research Fellow, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | C4b-Binding Protein and Factor H attenuate NLRP3 Inflammasome-mediated signalling response during Group A Streptococci infection in human cells. |
| Alison Clare | Senior Research Associate, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Characterisation of the ocular inflammatory response to AAV reveals critical divergence by sex and age |
| Mia Dierks-Treece | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Oxidative stress and low relative humidity drive the loss of viability in airborne Neisseria meningitidis |
| Isaac Dowell | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Investigating the role of neutrophils in dengue virus (DENV) infection. |
| Tom Gerrard | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Phase variation of Moraxella catarrhalis adhesins: Impact on CEACAM binding and biofilm formation |
| Raisha Gibbs | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Elucidating the Role of Fusobacteria in Carcinogenesis |
| Tressan Grant | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Universities of Bristol and Bath | The regulation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte killing by cancer associated fibroblasts. |
| Shichun Gu | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | How much tolerance does SARS-COV-2 have for Open Reading Frame 10? |
| Alice Hathaway | PhD Student, School of Biochemistry UoB | Engineering HEK293T cell to investigate the role of ABO groups in the ADAMTS13/vWF axis in infection |
| Rahma Fitri Hayati | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Exploring the mechanism underlying Genetic Polymorphism in MICB and KLRK 1 gene associated with Severe Dengue |
| Huan Jiang | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | A genetic screen in Candida albicans for modulators of the neutrophil oxidative burst |
| Bidisha Kundu | Senior Research Associate in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Estimating the impact of scaling up Hepatitis C Virus treatment among people who inject drugs in Tayside, Scotland |
| Lloyd Morgan | Research Nurse, Bristol Vaccine Centre, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Improving representation from underserved groups: findings from the AvonCAP GP2 study. |
| Divya Naradasu | Postdoc, Bristol Dental School, UoB | Electron transfer-coupled iron (Fe) reduction mediated inflammation by Porphyromonas gingivalis |
| Siwaporn Niyomsri | Senior Research Associate, Bristol Medical School, UoB | The Impact of Hepatitis C and Socio-Demographic Variables on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients in Pakistan |
| Nathanael Palk | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | PhoP regulates the cytotoxicity of Staphylococcus aureus in an agr-dependent manner |
| Tom Parkhouse | Senior Research Associate, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Diagnostic accuracy of point of care tests for acute respiratory infection: a systematic review of reviews |
| Joe Steventon | PhD Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Development of a rapid molecular test to complement culture-based bacteraemia diagnostics |
| Andrew Turner | Senior Research Project Manager, Center for Applied Excellence in Skin and Allergy Research, Bristol Medical School, UoB | Transforming Outcomes for Paediatric allergy In primary Care – The TOPIC programme |
| Rosie Vincent | Clinical Research Fellow Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, UoB | What is the Optimal Way to Reduce Topical Corticosteroids in Eczema? |
| Isobel Webb | Postdoctoral Research Associate ,School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Analysis of the localisation and interaction partners of a FLAG tagged SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein in the context of viral infection. |
| Gayan Kanchana Wijesinghe | PhD Student, Bristol Dental School, UoB | Burkholderia Diffusible Signalling Factor drives endoplasmic reticulum stress in Candida auris |
| Melisa Wong | MscR Student, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UoB | Deciphering Microbial Interactions Within the Colorectal Cancer-associated Triad |